Some U.S. Weak residents of nursing homes in the states began receiving COVID-19 vaccinations within the last two days, while most were awaiting shots from collaborations between most pharmacy chains.
According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, the news is consistent with additional record cases of virus cases and deaths. U.S. The number of daily new cases reported on December 17 was 247,403, with a record death toll of 65,65.6 per day. The country’s positivity rate is over 11%, and Southern California in particular is identifying itself as a difficult area to spread new cases.
California State Gavin News announced Tuesday that the state has distributed 1,000 body bags in San Diego, Los Angeles and Inio counties, while the 60-foot refrigerator storage unit was among the most intense and urgent in the state since the onset of the epidemic. “Per news.
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Residents of a nursing home in Florida began receiving shots Wednesday, while about 2,000 were vaccinated in West Virginia on Tuesday. Thousands more are scheduled there in the coming days. Other states are also likely to follow suit soon. Officials estimate that residents in long-term care facilities accounted for 40% of the country’s more than 300,000 virus deaths.
Working with smaller, local pharmacies, West Virginia has overtaken many other states in carrying shots to its most vulnerable elderly residents.
In a call with reporters this week, federal officials said Wal-Grains, in collaboration with the CVS and the states, is developing a campaign strategy for vaccine implementation in long-term health care facilities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Distribution this week will include a scaling start, and General Gustave Parna, chief operating officer of Operation Operation Vorp Speed, said the four states are ready to go in partnership with CVS and Vaggrins to start scaling vaccinations.
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A CVS Health spokesperson told Fox News in an email Thursday that the national rollout of its Covid-19 vaccination efforts will begin Dec. 21 and will include skilled nursing and supportive living facilities across the country.
CVS was not able to specify the exact time for each state. Vaggrins did not return urgent requests for comment Thursday morning, although he had previously announced that he had helped facilitate the livelihoods of 35,000 nurses across the country to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine, an important step toward ending “historic milestones and epidemics.” “
In Florida, Mark Rainer, director of health services at John Knox Village, a skilled nursing facility near Fort Lauderdale, told the Associated Press that 120 of the 200 facility workers are reducing shots, most of them African Americans who do not trust the vaccine.
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“They’re terrified,” he said. “It’s also the line of culture as much as we educate them.”
Earlier this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said states are encouraged to start vaccinations in long-term care facilities as soon as possible if pharmacies such as Wal-Walgreens and CVS are ready to move quickly.
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“We expect to see vaccinations in nursing homes this week, and by next week these pharmacy chains will have the capacity to run daily vaccination programs in thousands of long-term care and supportive living facilities,” Azar said.
The Associated Press contributes to this report.
